Method for Quickly Changing a User Interface and Computer Program Thereof and Electronic Device for Using the Same

ABSTRACT

A method for quickly changing a user interface is disclosed. The method is applied to an electronic device with at least two user interfaces. The user interfaces can be displayed via a screen of the electronic device, wherein the user interfaces include a first interface and a second interface. The method includes the following steps of: displaying a virtual button on the screen via the first interface; receiving a change instruction generated by clicking the virtual button; changing a user interface displayed on the screen from the first interface to the second interface.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a method for quickly changing a userinterface displayed via an electronic device.

2. Description of the Related Art

The User Interface (UI) is a medium for communication and messageexchanges between users and systems, and it is used to provide a user asoftware system to use the hardware in a computer conveniently andefficiently so as to achieve the two-way interaction with the machine.

Nowadays, if smartphones have the Android™ operating system installedwith two user interfaces, the user can choose one of them to use. Whenchanging the user interfaces, the user must touch the home button on thesmartphone first to make the phone screen display the menu of userinterfaces, and then the user must select the desired user interfacefrom a menu. After the selection step is completed, the user interfacewill be changed. This approach to changing interfaces requires that auser perform two operational gestures, which is a little bitinconvenient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a method ofdisplaying a virtual button via a screen such that a user can click itto quickly change user interfaces.

To achieve the above-mentioned objects, the method for quickly changinga user interface is used in an electronic device having at least twouser interfaces which can be displayed via a screen of the electronicdevice such that a user can use one of the at least two user interfacesto use the electronic device, wherein the at least two user interfacescomprise a first interface and a second interface. The method forquickly changing a user interface of the present invention comprises thefollowing steps: displaying a virtual button on the screen via the firstinterface; receiving a change order generated from the virtual buttonclicked by the user; and changing the first interface displayed on thescreen to the second interface according to the change order.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, after the userinterface displayed on the screen is changed from the first interface tothe second interface, the method further comprises: displaying thevirtual button on the screen via the second interface.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the first interfaceand the second interface comprise a plurality of operation interfaces;the homepage button is displayed on a screen via a homepage operationinterface of the first interface or second interface.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the secondinterface is an exclusive interface of Skype™.

The present invention also provides a computer program product used fora method for quickly changing a user interface. The abovementionedmethod can be applied when the computer program product is accessed andexecuted by an electronic device.

The present invention also provides an electronic device having at leasttwo user interfaces which include a first interface and a secondinterface. The electronic device comprises a main part, a screen, amemory and a processor. The screen is combined with a main part, whereinthe at least two user interfaces can be displayed via the screen toprovide a user one of the at least two user interfaces to use theelectronic device. The memory is set in the main part and used to storea computer program product used for a method for quickly changing a userinterface. The processor is set in the main part and connected to thememory, wherein the processor is used to execute the computer programproduct to achieve the abovementioned method for quickly changing a userinterface.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

These and other objects and advantages of the present invention willbecome apparent from the following description of the accompanyingdrawings, which disclose several embodiments of the present invention.It is to be understood that the drawings are to be used for purposes ofillustration only, and not as a definition of the invention.

In the drawings, wherein similar reference numerals denote similarelements throughout the several views:

FIG. 1 is a device structure drawing of the electronic device of thepresent invention.

FIG. 2 presents a schematic drawing of the electronic device displayingthe first interface.

FIG. 3 presents a schematic drawing of the electronic device displayingthe second interface.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the present invention illustrating the steps ofthe method for quickly changing a user interface.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

To clarify the above and other purposes, features, and advantages ofthis invention, a specific embodiment of this invention is especiallylisted and described in detail with the attached figures as follows.

Please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 3. FIG. 1 is a device structure drawingof the electronic device of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a devicestructure drawing of the electronic device of the present invention;FIG. 2 presents a schematic drawing of the electronic device displayingthe first interface; FIG. 3 presents a schematic drawing of theelectronic device displaying the second interface.

As shown in FIG. 1, in an embodiment of the present invention, thecomputer program product 61 for the method of quickly changing a userinterface is used in an electronic device 1. The electronic device 1comprises a main part 10, a screen 20, an Internet communication device30, a homepage button 40, an image collection device 50, a memory 60 anda processor 70, and the electronic device 1 has at least two userinterfaces. In an embodiment of the present invention, the electronicdevice 1 is a smartphone, but the present invention is not limitedthereto. The electronic device 1 can also be a tablet or any electronicproduct having similar functions of processing.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the user interfaces comprisea first interface U1 (as shown in FIG. 2) and a second interface U2 (asshown in FIG. 3), wherein one of the first interface U1 and the secondinterface U2 can be displayed via the screen 20 such that a user canoperate the electronic device 1 via the first interface U1 or the secondinterface U2.

The first interface U1 and the second interface U2 respectively have aplurality of operation interfaces. In an embodiment of the presentinvention, the second interface is an exclusive interface of Skype™.When the user interface executed by the electronic device 1 is anexclusive interface of Skype™, the electronic device 1 becomes anelectronic device for exclusively executing the Skype™ communicationsoftware program.

The screen 20 is combined with the main part 10 and is used to displaythe first interface U1 or the second interface U2.

As shown in FIG. 1, the Internet communication device 30 is set in themain part 10 and is used to connect to the Internet such that theelectronic device 1 can be used for Internet communication.

The homepage button 40 is combined with the main part 10. The functionof the homepage button 40 is that after the user clicks the homepagebutton 40, the screen 20 will display the homepage in the user interfacebeing executed. That is, the homepage button 40 is a common “home”button in present smartphones.

The image collection device 50, such as a video camera, is combined withthe main part 10 and used to collect image information, such as an imageof the face of the user, such that the handheld electronic device 1 canbe used for the function of video communication.

The memory 60 is set in the main part 10 and is used to store thecomputer program product 61 for the method of quickly changing a userinterface.

The processor 70 is set in the main part 10 and electrically connectedto the screen 20, the homepage button 40, the image collection device 50and the memory 60. The processor 70 is used to perform the computerprogram product 61. After the electronic device 1 accesses and executesthe computer program product 61, the following method for quicklychanging a user interface of the present invention can be completed.

Please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4 to understand the detailed steps of themethod for quickly changing a user interface of the present invention,wherein FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the present invention illustrating thesteps of the method for quickly changing a user interface. It should benoted that, although the electronic device 1 is used as an example toexplain the method for quickly changing a user interface disclosed inthe present invention, the method is not limited to the electronicdevice 1.

Step S1: displaying a virtual button on the screen via the firstinterface.

As shown in FIG. 2, when the screen 20 of the electronic device 1displays the first interface U1, the present invention will display avirtual button I on the screen 20 via the first interface U1, which isprovided for a user to click it whenever necessary for quickly changinga user interface. In the present embodiment of the present invention,the virtual button I is displayed on the screen 20 via the homepageoperation interface of the first interface U1, but the present inventionis not thus limited.

Step S2: receiving a change order generated from the virtual buttonclicked by the user.

When the user wants to change the user interface, the user needs only toclick the virtual button I, and the electronic device 1 will receive thechange order generated from the virtual button clicked by the user.

Step S3: changing the first interface displayed on the screen to thesecond interface according to the change order.

After receiving the change order, the electronic device 1 will changethe interface displayed on the screen from the first interface to thesecond interface according to the change order. Meanwhile, so that theuser will still be able to change the user interfaces quickly when usingthe second interface U2 displayed on the screen 20, the virtual button Ifor inputting the change order will be displayed on the screen 20 (asshown in FIG. 3) via the homepage operation interface of the secondinterface U2 after the present invention changes the interface displayedon the screen from the first interface U1 to the second interface U2.That is, the virtual button I is stilled display on the screen 20 viathe second interface U2 (Step S4).

It should be noted that, although a few exemplary embodiments of thepresent invention have been shown and described, the present inventionis not limited to the described exemplary embodiments. Instead, it willbe appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes may be made tothese exemplary embodiments without departing from the principles andspirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined by the claims andtheir equivalents.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method for quickly changing a user interfaceused in an electronic device having at least two user interfaces whichcan be displayed via a screen of the electronic device to provide a userone of the at least two user interfaces to use the electronic device,wherein the at least two user interfaces comprise a first interface anda second interface and the method comprises: displaying a virtual buttonon the screen via the first interface; receiving a change ordergenerated from the virtual button clicked by the user; and changing theinterface displayed on the screen from the first interface to the secondinterface according to the change order.
 2. The method as claimed inclaim 1, wherein after the interface displayed on the screen is changedfrom the first interface to the second interface, the method furthercomprises: displaying the virtual button on the screen via the secondinterface.
 3. The method as claimed in claim 2, wherein the firstinterface and the second interface comprise a plurality of operationinterfaces, and the virtual button is displayed via one homepage userinterface of the first interface or the second interface.
 4. The methodas claimed in claim 3, wherein the second interface is an exclusiveinterface of Skype™.
 5. A computer program product used for a method forquickly changing a user interface, wherein the methods as claimed inclaim 1 can be applied when the computer program product is accessed andexecuted by an electronic device.
 6. An electronic device having atleast two user interfaces which include a first interface and a secondinterface, wherein the electronic device comprises: a screen combinedwith a main part, wherein the at least two user interfaces can bedisplayed via the screen to provide a user one of the at least two userinterfaces to use the electronic device; a memory set in the main partand used to store a computer program product used for a method forquickly changing a user interfaces; and a processor set in the main partand connected to the memory, wherein the processor is used to executethe computer program product to achieve the following steps: displayinga virtual button on the screen via the first interface; receiving achange order generated from the virtual button clicked by the user; andchanging the interface displayed on the screen from the first interfaceto the second interface according to the change order.
 7. The electronicdevice as claimed in claim 6, wherein after the interface displayed onthe screen is changed from the first interface to the second interface,the electronic device further achieves: displaying the virtual button onthe screen via the second interface.
 8. The electronic device as claimedin claim 7, wherein the first interface and the second interfacecomprise a plurality of user interfaces, and the virtual button isdisplayed via one homepage operation interface of the first interface orthe second interface.
 9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 8,wherein the second interface is an exclusive interface of Skype™.